M020 Design for tenements, South York Street and Govan Street

According to
John Honeyman & Keppie's records, in September 1889 the firm prepared two alternative
designs for two- and three-storey tenement buildings for a site at Govan Street
and 'York Street' (presumably South York Street) in the industrial area of
Hutchesontown. 1 The client was aparently the Bank of Scotland, the name written
at the top of the page. It seems the project was still alive two years later,
when copies of a feuing plan were sent to a Mr
McLelland, possibly the client's agent. 2 However, the tenements are not mentioned in the office job books,
and it is unclear if they were actually built.

Authorship: This is one of over 270 jobs carried out in the office of John
Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901) during Mackintosh's time there.
Mackintosh undoubtedly worked on many of these, but there is no specific
evidence for his involvement in this case.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.